nutty

nutty
adj
1. lively, zestful, zesty, animated; vital, ebullient, Sl. zingy; stimulating, exciting, rousing; tantalizing, fascinating; meaty, pithy, juicy, rich, interesting; flavorful, piquant, spicy, tangy.
2.Informal. inane, silly, fatuous, addled, addle-pated, foolish, senseless, pointless, nonsensical; zany, ridiculous, laughable, absurd; All Sl. goofy, wacky, batty, sappy, screwy.
3.Slang. insane, psychotic, lunatic, crazy, crazed, psychopathic; mad, manic, hysterical; maniac, demented, deranged, irrational; manic-depressive, paranoid, schizophrenic; of unsound mind, Latin, non compos mentis. unbalanced, touched, Inf. daffy, daft; unhinged, Inf. unglued, Sl. bonkers, Inf. dotty, Sl. meshuga, mad as a hatter, Inf. cracked, Inf. mental; All Sl. balmy, dippy, cuckoo, buggy, bughouse, wacko, loony, squirrelly, bananas, nuts, nutty as a fruitcake; off one's rocker, off the wall, off one's trolley, out of one's gourd, off one's chump, out of one's tree; have bats in one's belfry, have a few buttons missing, have a few loose screws, not have all one's marbles.

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  • nutty — adjective 1 tasting like nuts: This coffee has a rich nutty flavour. 2 containing or filled with nuts: a nutty cake 3 informal crazy: another of his nutty ideas | nutty as a fruitcake (=completely crazy) nuttiness noun (C) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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